Reviewing Random Films For Fun

February 4, 2015

The Battle of San Pietro #MovieReview

Film 129 in the “1001 Films to See Before You Die” challenge is 1945’s “The Battle of San Pietro”. This short war documentary looks at the Battle of San Pietro Infine sixty miles from Naples during World War II. Quite honestly, I watched and I can’t tell whether I like it or not. It’s one of those films that I’m not gonna remember easily if anyone brings it up in conversation. The narrator, which was director John Huston, made me really sleepy and disinterested in the film as it went on. He also made it sound like the war in San Pietro was about German’s not wanting the town’s people to grow their crops of grapes. Even when I checked my emails for a second, I had no idea what was going on! Overall, if you’re the type of person who’s interested in this type of stuff then this is for you. For everyone else… not so much. To me… it’s a “meh” rating. Fun fact of the film – director John Huston was a captain in the army when the movie was being filmed; he was later promoted to major. If you have seen this film then let me know what you thought of it in the comments. Here is what I had to say while watching 1945’s “The Battle of San Pietro”

Film – The Battle of San Pietro

Year – 1945

Director – John Huston

Written by – John Juston

Staring – Mark W. Clark, John Huston

IMDb Rating – 7.1/10

My Rating – MEH

Length – 32 min

Genre – Documentary, Short, War

We open with a man telling us about what happened in San Pietro

Why is he talking out of the side of his mouth?

He dedicates the film to those who lost their lives in battle

OPENING CREDITS

We’re 60 miles from Naples

The way this narrator is talking makes it sound like they had a war with grapes

From late October 1943 to December 1943, they battled

Those are some muddy roads

FIRE THE CANNON!!

I’m slightly confused as to what he’s talking about

One minute he was talking about grapes and now he’s talking about dead Italians

So… is he saying that Nazis have San Pietro taken along with the surrounding mountain area

December 8th at 6:20am, the British made their move

ATTACK!!!!!

All I can see are flashing lights

Shots of dead soldiers

EXPLOSION!

The first battalion was more successful than the others in their attack

Stop calling the mountain by numbers

“1205 and 950” – WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!!!!!!

More shots of dead soldiers

Can’t see a thing due to the smoke

Losing interest with the film

Enemy planes are ruining our plans

All I heard was the words “High Road” and I started singing Mastodon’s song of the same name

FIRE THE TANKS!!!!

Syncronize watches

December 15th – D-Day

This narrator is making me sleepy

That tank just did a drift

And two tanks have been destroyed and five were imobilised

I check my email for one minute and I have no idea what’s happening

“Counter attacks came in waves”

Fancy a nice stroll while everyone else is at war?

That’s the end of the battle

We need 1100 new soldiers!

That one soldier looked like John Travolta

So… All the people living in San Pietro hid in caves to avoid the enemy